Sunday, March 14, 2021 is a day of remembrance to honor the 30,000 New Yorkers lost in the last year, with several memorial throughout NYC.
It is the first anniversary of March 14, 2020, the date of New York City’s first known COVID-19 death.
They were our family, our friends, our frontline and essential workers, and – above all else – our fellow New Yorkers.
Attend one or all of these remembrance events, virtually or in person, socially distanced, of course..
Noon Sunday
Join a virtual performance by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City is singing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” online.
Watch the performance on Lincoln Center’s Facebook page, YouTube channel, and website.
4pm Sunday
At the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Borough President Eric Adams will hold a ceremony on March 14 with members of our community affected by the pandemic.
As part of the ceremonies, BBG will join other Brooklyn cultural institutions in illuminating its three entrances in yellow lights on March 14 at 4 p.m.
7:45pm Sunday
The Covid-19 Day of Remembrance event is being streamed live, from Brooklyn Bridge Park, and includes members of the New York Philharmonic to honor the thousands of our beloved New Yorkers lost to this virus. Their photos and stories will be shared, too.
Because NYC is such a multi-cultural city, the event is being streamed in multiple languages, including Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin, three of the NYC communities hardest hit by this Pandemic.
The event also honors those who survived and the heroes who saved them.
Share Your Stories, Photos, Videos
New Yorkers are invited to share your stories, photos, and videos with the hashtag #COVIDMemorial
In the last year, we’ve lost thousands of our beloved New Yorkers to this virus.
They were our family, our friends, our frontline and essential workers, and – above all else – our fellow New Yorkers.
Let’s grieve together, virtually.
The city’s somber commemoration of lives lost and resolute hope for the end of the pandemic will be held live, at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Ten Philharmonic brass players, conducted by Daniela Candillari, will perform Dectet by native New Yorker Michael Kamen to open the event.
Stream it live at 7:45pm
Twitter.com/NYCMayor
Facebook.com/NYCMayor
YouTube.com/NYCMayorsoffice
Call 408-418-9388 to hear live interpretation
For Spanish, enter code: 129 793 9134
For Cantonese, enter code: 129 883 8862
For Mandarin, enter code: 129 508 6308
Links for additional languages spoken by New Yorkers:
8pm Sunday
Lincoln Center will light hundreds of candles and dim the surrounding campus lights. There will be a 10-minute moment of silence in honor of New Yorkers lost during the last year.
Although the Lincoln Center campus will remains closed to visitors, you can watch the candle memorial from the street (Broadway, between 63rd and 64tth Streets),and will remain lit overnight.
The moment of silence and the lighting will be streamed live on the Lincoln Center Facebook page.
Throughout the pandemic, Lincoln Center has offered free online offerings and archival performances, including Memorial for Us All, a weekly remembrance honoring New Yorkers who passed away.
Missing Them
MISSING THEM, is an open data journalism project to document New Yorkers who have died due to COVID-19.
The project is led by The City newsroom and its partners, including: from Columbia Journalism School, Boston College, the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY and volunteers.
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